A PhD student at the University College London has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of 10 women.

Zhenhao Zou, 28, was found guilty of 28 offences which included 11 counts of rape as well as three counts of voyeurism, 10 counts of possession of extreme pornographic images, one of false imprisonment and three of possession of drugs with intent to commit a sexual offence.

He was sentenced today (19 June) at Inner London Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 24 years.

A drug dealing nephew has been found guilty of murdering and kidnapping his uncle over stolen money as well as for drug trafficking offences.

Tahir Syed, 42, has been convicted (9 June 2025) for murder, and conspiracy to kidnap at Leeds Crown Court and connected drug supply offences. Syed had earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess criminal money.

Lawyers seeking to return to criminal practice following a career break will be given the opportunity to ease back into the workforce under a new Crown Prosecution Service scheme.

The second phase of Go Prosecute has launched today – an initiative by the Crown Prosecution Service to provide support for returning solicitors and barristers in the criminal justice sector.

An art dealer who failed to report a series of high-value sales to a man suspected of financing the proscribed group Hizballah has been jailed. 

Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, sold artwork worth almost £140,000 to suspected Hizballah financier Nazem Ahmad, who is based in Beirut and was sanctioned by the United States in 2019 and the UK in 2023.